This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Epidemic Cholera / by Hysham, William Edward ; Yellow Fever / by Glisan, Rodney ; Duties of the Physician / by Hendrix, Joseph W. ; Acute Gastritis / by Hance, Thomas C. ; Diseases of the Liver / by Baldwin, Julius A. ; Report of Three Cases / by Read, James B. ; Cholera / by Dusenbery, E. L. ; General Dropsy / by Carter, Walter K. ; Scarlatina / by Spencer, Frances ; Scarlatina / by White, William ; Pneumonia / by Nelson, Louis F. ; Acute Pleurisy / by Jenkins, Felix ; Hydrocephalus / by Billingsley, John A. T. ; Report of Four Cases / by Chamberlaine, Joseph E. M. ; Phthisis Pulmonalis / by Bett, William Seton.